The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-01-27
Generalities.

senator >hermans wife has gone to Los An
geles with her children, for the winter.
The Mayor of Vancouver and others are to
he prosecuted for banshing the Chinese.
\ large di>tilIery burned at Terre Haute,
Ind, causing loss of a life and 100000.
The Indiana Republicans have re-nominated
senator Harrison for United States senator.
The Texas stockmen and farmers are suffer-
i'm greatly, owing to the protracted drouth
NJ. rasteur is to retire from active practice
to avoid paralys with which he is threatened.
The United States Treasury holds over mill
lion and a half of repudiated Southern bonds.
The English steamer Cranbrook and bargue
CraigGeim, with their crews, are reported lost.
The amount of alcohol consumed in the arts
l. only ten per cent. of the total amount dstll-
ed.
Tho Treasury order prohibiting the importa-
ton Of horses from Montreal has been revok-
e,l.
There i talk Of .ynch law in Vermont for a
man charged with killing five of his own child
rVn.
Two reputcd mi>crs living in Philadelphia
We're found dead having persisted of starya-
ton.
About 10000 600 of the Tilden trust fund Is
to be devoted TO free public library in New
York
The Senate has nOn-concurred in the Tuck
er-Edmund> Ant-polygamy bill passed by the
House.
1t is reported that England has ordered a
large purchase Of horses and arms to be ready
March l.
fi,at ha
leave the Senate poorer than when he entered it
SIX years ago.
The Nanderhilt> have secured control of the
toumbuS. Hooking Valley and Toledo Rail-
| way Company,
Another woman has been mysteriously mur-
drred in Connecticut. Her employer is under
arrest on suspicion.
During riot Oh the New Orleans levee be-
tween rival 'long>horemens associations seven
| men were wounded.
been seized at st. John, y. b., because they
We're fitted out at Ea>tport, Me.
Governor Rtlsk of Wisconsin. in his message
| speaks strongly on the labor question and de-
hoiince> anarchy and socialism.
Mrs. Abby Kelly Foster who with her hus-
band Stephen :. Foster. was prominent in the
anti-slaNeIy movement, is dead.
Senator liOar wants a monument erected to
the memory OF the negro soldiers and sailors
who We're killed il. the late war.
Lord Charles BeTesford's suggestion to the
English Admiralty that fleet of fast cruisers
should be built has been adopted.
The interior of the big monument at Wash
ih@ton j made bright and beautiful its entire
length Of 300 feet hy ncandescent lamps
The assessed valuation of real estate in New
\ ork city Is placed at 81 251 % 9O3, which is
in increase of 1884 SIS over those of 1856.
c. II. Barbour. of Florence, $. G., died from
blood poisoning caused by the point of Il lead
pencil breaking OFT in his eye some months ago.
Fish in Lake Champaign are being DESTROYED
III immense quantities by Canadians with nets,
who are now licensed to do so in Canadian wa
tiers.
The great tobacco works of p Lorard at
Jcl>ey City are idle because of the strike of
their 5000 employees against a reduction of
Wa@.s.
The London Standard says Russia is about to
deprive foreign shipping of the freedom of
NladlNo>tock and other ports in the North
Pacific.
Texas proposes to sue Kansas in the United
states Supreme Court for the possession of
question:
IN avalanche in the Canton of Grisons.
switzerland. has DESTROYED 80 chaletS The
villages escaped destruction. but great distress
prevails.
The question of who shall have the custody
OF the Alabama claims drafts has been sent up
10 the supreme court, where it will be hung up
for three Years.
The Chinese laborcrs taken by one of the six
companies to Mexico from British Columbia
are said to be starving to death in the noun
tain> near MaZatlan.
Hne hand. who the firm says was superfluous,
WAS discharged i'll Lorillard's factory jersey
city and As Il result three thousand tobacco
workers have quit work.
Princeton College is about to adopt a plan of
college government somewhat similar to that
recently adopted at Harvard. which gives the
students a voice il the matter
\ republication of the false figures by which.
II i alleged. Canada obtained the award of So
2ooW" from the international Fisheries Com
mission OF some wears ago, is announced from
Halifax.
knights OF Labor leaders in many localities
declare that Mr.. PoWlcrly retains the contid-
enec Of the organization, but whispers of revolt
are heard and an improved order is said to be
in existence.
Thomas Jefferson CIuverius, descendant
from President Tyler. was hanged at Rich
mond Va. Jan. 14ll for the murder in 1855 of
Miss Lillian Madison, a direct descendant of
President Madison.
The Canadian cruiser IIowlette at Shclburne
llnd> no American fishing schooners violating
the treaty. Minister Foster promises his peo-
pie more vigorous efforts in harass;ny the
! ankce> the comm" season.
over 323.000 cubic yards of limestone and
slate rock has fallen out of the bank of N,apa-
ia river near Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian
side. The mass fell with tremendous crash
which was heard and felt for miles around.
The German Government has forbidden
frenrihen belonging to the territorial army to
stay in Al>ace-Lorrane longer than few DAYS.
some manufacturers IN that province who are
IN sympathy with France having evinced a
preference for French workmen.
The position of queen of the Gypsies in the
lhited states, made vacant by the death Of
Mrs. Emma Stanley. which occurred Dec. 30
last. has been filled by the appointment of Miss
Lucy Stanley sister of the dead queer, who
lives in Evansville, Ind, where she owns vau-
able property.
The oranges produced for market in the
California counties of Los Angeles and San Be,-
nar'!io number over 10000 900 year. About
200 carloads 90 East. The net yield of an acre
WIN w orange trees on IL Is estimated at $500
per annun. but unfortunately the crop is not
always reliable. and sometimes whole groves |
have been abandoned to variety of pests.
Hon. Charles b. FarwelI has been nominated
by the Republicans OF the Illinois Legislature
as the successor of the late Gen. Logan There
We're eight candidates and Mr.. Farwell was
nominated on the second ballot. MIR. Farwell
has long been prominently Unidentified with the
interests of the party, is sound, practical bus
mess man and Il staunch protcctionist. The |
Democrats have nominated Congressman W. |
r. Morrison.
The jubilee yacht race for boats of all nations |
will be sailed around the United Kingdom |
The yachts will start from the Thames, and |
will be required to keep Great Britain and Ire |
land on the port hand. The finishing point |
Will be at Dover. British yachtmen approve |
the selection of this course, believing that it |
will give all yachts, whether home or foreign. |
a fair chance. The race will take place early |
in June.
Sweet and Sour.
Stepping into druggists store the other day,
our attention was called to something new for
the cure of coughs and colds, which we were